PRESIDENT JOHN HORAN has again defended the GAA’s decision to increase ticket prices while addressing Seanad Éireann at the House of the Oireachtas this afternoon. The GAA raised the cost of tickets for the league games in the top two divisions of both hurling and football, in addition to the price of All-Ireland final tickets inRead moreRead more
Month: September 2021
GAA President reveals crowds at league openers and season ticket numbers up despite price hikes
1-3 for Clare’s Guilfoyle as Mary I book Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final spot with win over Maynooth
Mary Immaculate College 1-22 Maynooth University 0-12 Páraic McMahon reports from Mary Immaculate College AS EXPECTED, TWO-time Fitzgibbon Cup champions, Mary Immaculate proved too strong for Maynooth and recorded a 13-point victory at home this afternoon. Although the weather changed from rain to snow at various stages, the Jamie Wall managed side always remained theRead moreRead more
Tyrone lacked ‘a bit of balls’ in league defeat to Kerry – O’Sullivan
RETIRED KERRY STAR Darran O’Sullivan says All-Ireland finalists Tyrone lacked “a bit of balls” in their defeat to the Kingdom last weekend. Kerry opened their Allianz football league campaign with a four-point win over their Ulster rivals on Sunday to give manager Peter Keane a winning start to his time in charge. O’Sullivan believed thatRead moreRead more
‘We felt we had been bullied into a course of action that we might well have taken anyway’
GAA DIRECTOR-GENERAL Tom Ryan has revealed he is ‘still very uncomfortable’ with the process which saw the association finding a way around their own rules last summer to stage the Liam Miller Tribute match in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Controversy erupted last July when it was initially ruled that a charity game between a Celtic-Ireland LegendsRead moreRead more
New TV show to focus on season in GAA clubs from 4 provinces
A NEW SEVEN-part series on TG4 will tell the story of a GAA club from each province in Ireland during the 2018 season. The cameras will follow An Ghaeltacht (Kerry), Na Piarsaigh (Galway), Na Dúnaibh (Donegal) and Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin), four clubs that face dramatically different challenges – on and off the field. ‘Ár gClub’Read moreRead more
‘Anything’s going to be better than last year’ – Leitrim back after championship absence
AFTER A DISASTROUS 2018, Leitrim’s first priority in the Lidl Ladies National Football League this year will be getting a team on the field. They didn’t feature in the Connacht or All-Ireland intermediate championship last summer after a difficult league campaign which saw them relegated to Division 4 on zero points after conceding five walkovers. WithoutRead moreRead more
Cork make 2 changes ahead of clash with Kildare
CORK HAVE NAMED their team for the Round 2 encounter in the National Football League against Kildare this Sunday. There are two changes to the side that drew with Fermanagh last weekend. Michael Hurley and Mark Collins come into the side, while Damien Gore and Brian Hurley make way and are named among the substitutes.Read moreRead more
Tony Kelly to sit out Kilkenny clash as ban upheld
Clare’s Tony Kelly leaves the pitch after being sent off last weekend. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO CLARE TALISMAN Tony Kelly will miss this weekend’s league meeting with Kilkenny, as GAA disciplinary chiefs upheld a one-match ban last night. The 2013 Hurler of the Year was sent off for the Banner against Tipperary last weekend for aRead moreRead more
Four changes but still 11 All-Ireland starters in Limerick team to face Tipperary
2018 ALL-IRELAND WINNING manager John Kiely has named his Limerick side to face Tipperary in their Allianz Hurling League clash on Saturday [throw-in 7pm, live on RTÉ]. There are four changes to the side that beat Wexford last time out for this weekend’s clash at the Gaelic Grounds. 2018 Hurler of the Year Cian LynchRead moreRead more
All-Dublin clash for 2018 finalists DCU – here’s the Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final draw
WITH EIGHT TEAMS left in the race for the Fitzgibbon Cup and reigning champions UL dumped out, 2018 finalists DCU will face TU Dublin City Campus (formerly DIT) in an all-Dublin quarter-final. Last night Cork IT booked their spot with a win over Waterford IT, and next up for the Leesiders is Limerick’s Mary Immaculate Collage,Read moreRead more